Gabriel could hear the skepticism in the other man's voice. He couldn't entirely blame him. Gabriel didn't trust Lord McPadraic as far as he could throw him. And the man clearly ate well and Gabriel did not. Still, he'd support any project to help those children, even if he was suspicious of the benefactor's motivations.

"He doesn't," Gabriel admitted. "He's Anglican, I believe...? But Father Kemble has many connections. In a nutshell, Lord McPadraic set up a charity that takes in orphans and neglected children, re-socializes them and then sends them to families abroad..." He did believe it was clearing Whitby's streets of unpleasant sights that was McPadraic's main concern, but Gabriel did not say that.